Georg Jensen (Danish 1866-1935)
Set of Art Deco Bernadotte Flatware
59 piece set of sterling silver art deco flatware in the Bernadotte pattern, designed by Sigvard Bernadotte in 1939, stamped with Georg Jensen post 1945 mark, knives marked Georg Jensen Denmark Stainless Steel Raadvad, containing:
12 dinner knives
12 dinner forks
12 dinner spoons
11 teaspoons
3 cake forks
1 cold cuts fork
1 cold meats fork
1 cake server
1 ladle
1 fish serving knife
1 salad fork
1 salad spoon
2 serving spoon
Swedish Royal Prince Sigvard Bernadotte (1907-2002) is known for creating some of Georg Jensen’s most iconic sterling silver designs. He was trained at the Kungliga Konstakademien in Stockholm in 1929. The following year he was influenced by the Stockholm exhibition of Gunnar Asplund which marked the breakthrough of functionalism, which in turn influenced Bernadotte’s own style of functional elegance. Bernadotte began a long and fruitful association with Georg Jensen incorporating this modern concept, and his strong functionalist aesthetic combined with bold graphic details define his designs from money clips and cutlery to ice buckets and trays. His Bernadotte collection has been a favourite for generations and continues to be popular to this day.
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